The Ascending Dawn Doula Podcast with Jennie Sikes

Balancing the human experience with spiritual awareness

You are more than your physical body - you are a spiritual being having a human experience, moving through an intelligent energy system. In this episode, we explore the chakra system as the connection points between body, emotion, intuition, and higher consciousness. From the grounding survival centers rooted in the earth to the spiritual channels of awareness, you’ll learn how energy flows through you, why instinct is always present while intuition is developed, and how true balance comes from working with all seven chakras - not just the higher ones. We’ll connect each chakra to real-life experiences, personal growth, shadow work, intuitive development, and the archetypes of tarot and zodiac energy, showing how embodied spirituality creates stability, clarity, and alignment in everyday life. This episode is about integrating both human experience and spiritual awareness - so you can live grounded, intuitive, and fully alive.

Understanding Career Through the Birth Chart

After nearly 20 years as a recruiter in Corporate America, I’ve watched the job market move in clear, repeatable cycles — ebbs and flows, budget freezes and hiring surges, election years, contract awards, and the ripple effects of government spending that job seekers rarely see from the outside. In this episode, I explore what happens when logical, left-brain career strategy meets creative and spiritual right-brain insight. Yes, I help people strengthen résumés, navigate job board algorithms, and position themselves competitively - but through Ascending Dawn Doula, I also bring an added layer to career consulting: a soul-informed review of the birth chart, paired with numerology. Astrology offers clear indicators around career, reputation, legacy, and long-term fulfillment - through placements like the Midheaven, Rising sign, Sun, Moon, North Node, and Chiron. These pieces tell a story not just about what someone does for work, but how they’re meant to be seen, what they need to feel fulfilled, where growth is calling, and what kind of contribution their soul is here to make. Numerology then helps determine whether a particular year supports bold change, quiet preparation, or consolidation. Rather than replacing practical strategy, this approach blends structure with intuition - honoring effort, timing, and soul alignment. I also share how I gently gauge openness in career consultations, meeting people exactly where they are, whether they’re deeply analytical, spiritually curious, or somewhere in between. This episode is an invitation to stop forcing outcomes and start making informed, aligned career decisions by engaging both sides of the brain - and the full picture of who you are.

Encore: Holding Space Without Losing Yourself: Compassion Fatigue & Energy Hygiene

In this episode, Jennie explores what it truly means to hold space - and how compassion fatigue quietly sets in when caring becomes a role, an identity, or an unspoken obligation. She also explains why energy hygiene is a must, not a luxury, for empaths, helpers, caregivers, leaders, and anyone who gives deeply. With humor, heart, and grounded wisdom, Jennie unpacks the difference between presence and self-sacrifice, how emotional and energetic overload builds over time, and how to remain compassionate without absorbing what isn’t yours. In this episode, Jennie guides you through: * What holding space really means (and what it doesn’t) * What compassion fatigue actually is — and why it’s not a failure * How helpers become emotional and energetic containers * Why rest alone doesn’t resolve depletion * Why energy hygiene is non-negotiable for sensitive people * Simple ways to care with capacity instead of collapse This is a must-listen for anyone ready to protect their energy without closing their heart.

Holding Space Without Losing Yourself: Compassion Fatigue & Energy Hygiene

In this episode, Jennie explores what it truly means to hold space - and how compassion fatigue quietly sets in when caring becomes a role, an identity, or an unspoken obligation. She also explains why energy hygiene is a must, not a luxury, for empaths, helpers, caregivers, leaders, and anyone who gives deeply. With humor, heart, and grounded wisdom, Jennie unpacks the difference between presence and self-sacrifice, how emotional and energetic overload builds over time, and how to remain compassionate without absorbing what isn’t yours. In this episode, Jennie guides you through: * What holding space really means (and what it doesn’t) * What compassion fatigue actually is — and why it’s not a failure * How helpers become emotional and energetic containers * Why rest alone doesn’t resolve depletion * Why energy hygiene is non-negotiable for sensitive people * Simple ways to care with capacity instead of collapse This is a must-listen for anyone ready to protect their energy without closing their heart.

From Small Talk to Synchronicities: What a Spiritual Awakening Really Feels Like

Have you ever felt like something in your life quietly shifted…and suddenly nothing looks or feels the same? Welcome to the spiritual awakening. In this episode, Jennie breaks down the unmistakable signs of awakening - from the thirst for knowledge and heightened intuition to the sudden intolerance for small talk, synchronicity overload, inner child activations, generational healing, and those “am I losing my mind or getting closer to my soul?” moments. With humor, heart, and grounded spiritual wisdom, Jennie guides you through: * Why awakenings often begin with discomfort * How your senses, dreams, body, and intuition amplify * Why some relationships fall away * How to navigate the shadow work and identity shifts * The role of music, signs, animals, and synchronicities * What integration actually looks like This is a must-listen for anyone who’s awakening, re-awakening, or curious about why everything suddenly feels different.